New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-03
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THEDAY.
a curious case Of total depravity has come to light
in Boston. where two boys Of sixteen and thirteen
started fire because they "likcd to tho engines
work. Probably vigorous working Of the parental
slipper In their earlier years would have efectuay
repressed their predictions toward malicious mis-
chef Of a decidedly dangerous sort.
eyes" said the good Boston lady "my son lives
out in Dakota and IS, think doing good work for
| his town." us he In the ministry n ooh no but
years-a savings bank. take lt-and must certainly
| DO great deal toward preventing the poor people
very enthusiastic about anything Of the kind and says
his bank sometimes has more business than it can DO
But the poor boy has dIscouragemens after al only
last week no wrote about Of his dealers stealing
$50 VI tho rakeof-whatever that may be."-tDskota
| Boil.
1t would be well for Pasteur to lnnocuous matter
for incubation when lie Is not that his patient
has been bitten by rabld animal IL will be safe at
least. Highly respected and successful physicians
reported to be not ignorant Of the virtue Of bread
pills under somewhat similar circumstances.
| That prolific producer Of diluted sensatonasm and
sentinentallsn, "1be Duchess" has achieved the
summit OF literary distinction An enterprising Chi
cago publisher has fsthere for should 1t be mohered y
her novel Of whose preparation she Is innocent,
and tho work Ia having great sale in consequence.
1t is called "valere, Half a TRUTH" and narrates,
In round half hundred chapters, the sighlngs and
spoonings Of dreamy creature with pure creamy
skin and wondrous eyes, and masses Of rich brown
hair. year ago valerie" sighed and spooned to
enchanted public In the Young Ladies' Journal
Of London. the child Of ga author; and the
editor Of the Journal denies that under this half
fedged title concealed the mature Identity Of the
author Of Molly Dawn."
young lady Of FL Paso, Texas. has had the skull
OF woman mounted and polished, and asks her
friends to write autographs on It, one of them has
written:
Where IL the catterl
Where tho gray matter,
Tho vitaliLed sparkl
Science errattc.
Religion dogmatc
Are both quite emphatic
And both in the dark.
Another asks
Empty scabbard; where's thy swordl
And below this another replies,
1t has SCARED
An oarsman has written upon II.
have a weakness for souls.
And cynic declares:
head SaS ,s there I, more on the outside of your
lastly womanhater has inscribed on It the sentiment
chatterbox minus the chatter.
Tho primitive inhabitants of tho mountain regions
OF Kentucky are In all things people by themselves
so much 50 that they regard visitors from other
parts Of the country foreigners Funerals are
very important events with these people, and In order
to make them more impressive they try to have
that husbands are In the habit Of postponng the
funeral services Of their first wives until their second
wives can attend. And a missionary tells Of
who WAS living with his third vito without hav
Ing had any funeral services his two former
wives. lie gave a that his third wife might
die at any time, and then he could have grand triple
funeral service for all three together.
A telegram from Little Rock reports that "intense
excitement prevails In the south part OF Lonoke
County over rumorcd negro UPRISING This Will
n ha foil Auah In faru he srh
stating that tho negro uprising has uprose and
that fifteen negroes have been kllo1 and ono white
man slightly njured-(Norrlsown Herald.
The dstillers are complaining because they have
lost much Of their foreign trade the chef for
which they attribute to unfavorable commercial treat
les few years ago the exports Of alcohol amounted
to between 100000 and 100000 barrels year, but
now they not 10 per cent Of this. In the mean
while there has been an over-poduction Of spirits
A clergyman OF Carson, Nevada. recently sent to a
local paper notice Of the services at his church, I'm
which the subject Of his sermon-Iow to Cure Hood
lumsm-was given. 1t appeared In print, however,
How to cure rheumatism" and the fesult was
tina, the church was packed when he preached For
this he concluded forgive the editor.
The Modern Athens.-Frst Boston Cttzen-I wish
we could get Winthrop nominated for that place
tempt TO push his claims IN tho nominating conven-
ton wen be knocked out
"Eh Who Is the other mani
Don't know his name but his hacker is John l.
sullIvan."|omaha World.
Michigan postmaster offers any Democrat $40
who will take the onice OF his hands. Here Is
chance for some Democratic spokesman.
Mr. F. W. Howe. the move list, has been hunting
bears In Wyoming MIR. Howe Is the Editor of The
Atchison kansas, Globe" between which paper aud
"Thc Atchson Champion" the relations arc usually
rather strained. Tho city advertising Is the casus
bellL
On the hotel piazza" What do you think Of Mrs.
Jones Z"
"oh guess she's nice person enough But then
sho l. so ogOusticaL"
ayes 7"
ayes: asking her something or other about
the Brookses and she said that she never troubled
herself about anybody's business but her Don't
you call that ogoustical ~
Really. you shouldn't be so sevcra II may be
only w-mindedness Il HostOn Transcript
Fred. II. Carruth tho brilliant humons,. has had
suspend the publication Of "The Dakota Boil" be-
cause failed to pay. Outside Of Dakota, no says.
the paper highly appreciated But within tho
Territory the great majority-al Of thcm prominent
cizens-ordered the paper DO sent them and all
their friends and then steadstly refused to pay for It.
man In Cuba, Mo-, Is said to havo hons egg
some Of the Roman numerals Whne the hen
about 1t sho should have added attachment that
would mark the day and month Of the year which
tho egg was laid but We don't suppose she thought
Of that -(Norristown Herald
AN ENvIoUs PAUPER.